Why Greencore?

Greencore is a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK, with a mission to make everyday taste better. We supply all major supermarkets, convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice, and other retailers.  Our product range includes sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, ready meals, soups, sauces, quiche, ambient sauces, pickles, and frozen Yorkshire puddings.

In FY22, we produced 795 million sandwiches and other food-to-go products, 127 million chilled prepared meals, and 249 million bottles of cooking sauces, pickles, and condiments. We make over 10,600 direct-to-store deliveries daily and operate 21 world-class manufacturing units across 16 UK locations.  Our FY22 revenue was £1.7 billion, and we employ approximately 14,000 people.

We strive to make Greencore a great place to work, with a strong focus on colleague development and inspiring leadership. In the past year, we've seen an 11% increase in colleagues recommending Greencore as a workplace.

Why we embarked on Making Business Easier?

Over time, our processes have become increasingly complex, raising risks and costs while limiting our agility. Simultaneously, customer and market expectations have grown. The Making Business Easier (MBE) Programme is fundamental to our commercial and operational excellence agendas and helps manage our cost base effectively.

The MBE Programme aims to streamline and simplify core processes, provide easier access to quality business data, and invest in the right technology to enable these processes.

Why is this exciting for your career as a Senior Functional Analyst? 

The MBE Programme offers a significant opportunity for technology function colleagues to play a central role in designing, shaping, delivering, and executing an enterprise-wide digital transformation programme. This initiative's complexity within a FTSE 250 business allows for large-scale problem-solving, group-wide impact assessment, and supporting the delivery of an enablement project to future-proof the business.

What will you be doing as a Senior Functional Analyst at Greencore?

As a member of the ERP Centre of Excellence team, you will play a key role in discovering, implementing, enhancing, and supporting our business processes.  You will collaborate with stakeholders to define the scope and gather business and functional requirements.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading functional analysis and design of complex ERP functional solutions within an enterprise environment
• Developing and defining requirements to manage strategic and often ambiguous business needs
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to align business goals with technical solutions
• Offering innovative solutions, often without detailed guidance
• Possessing subject matter expertise in one or more ERP areas (e.g., finance, supply chain, manufacturing, warehousing) and guiding teams through process improvements
• Utilizing best practices to align project requirements with available functionalities13
• Creating detailed documentation and technical specifications for building the IT solution
• Leveraging expertise, along with input from colleagues and consultants, to complete and coordinate technical tasks
• Obtaining stakeholder approval for the project
• Presenting the solution to stakeholders and users, clarifying their roles and responsibilities
• Leading user acceptance testing and making necessary adjustments until stakeholder approval is received
• Overseeing ERP modules (Finance, Supply Chain, Warehousing, and Manufacturing) and any additional software
• Translating project requirements into efficient business processes within ERP and integrated systems20
• Managing IT activities from project initiation to post-implementation support
• Leading project management for specific initiatives based on stakeholder needs and individual skills
• Providing thorough documentation, training, process audits, and ongoing support to users and team members

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience as a Functional Analyst with detailed knowledge in one of more of the following areas: Finance, Supply Chain, Warehousing or Manufacturing process or combination thereof
• In-depth knowledge of ERP system architecture, modules, and best practices
• Technical proficiency with ERP system configuration, customization, and integration
• Familiarity with data migration, system testing, and user training processes
• Understanding of the ERP development cycle, Basis landscape, and transport systems
• Strong technical skills with a focus on business solutions, capable of mapping processes and developing effective solutions
• Proven track record of delivering solutions at all organizational levels
• Strong analytical problem-solving and issue resolution skills, with the ability to translate business needs into system functionality
• Clear understanding of how to drive business value and demonstrate robust business acumen
• Self-motivated with excellent communication and interpersonal skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and the ability to work well in a team

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Car Allowance
• Annual Target Bonus
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• PMI Cover
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.